Golf, by TourMiss

With the Race to Dubai victory tape in sight, Austrian powerhouse golfer Bernd Wiesberger is determined to end his most successful season at European No. 1. The 34-year old Vienna-born Wiesberger had to sit out much of 2018 through injury but he’s returned to the Tour in barnstorming manner with an impressive 2019 campaign, winning three times, including Rolex Series titles at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open and the Italian Open. After a tied third place finish at last week’s ...

… Dubai, UAE  As tweeted by @TourMiss much earlier today, the European Tour has confirmed that next week’s 130th anniversary Hong Kong Open will no longer go ahead due to ongoing social unrest in the former colonial outpost. Last year’s Open Champion and European Tour No. 1 Francesco Molinari was all set to headline on the ‘old-style’ course in suburban Fanling. But it is for reasons grabbing front-page headlines rather the back-page news the Tour has suspended the co-sanctioned ...

... Dubai, UAE  Rory McIlroy has confirmed he now intends to rent a London residence next year for his assault on the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, 149th Open Championship and the BMW Championship. The World No. 2 also revealed he has joined the very exclusive Queenwood, a club where fellow Irish Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke are members, and only a very short drive from Wentworth and the Tour’s HQ. It was first thought the McIlroy’s were looking to buy a house in leafy Surrey and where the ...

… Dubai, UAE  Rory McIlroy’s never played the 2020 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open host venue but he revealed he has a very special reason to tee-up next May at Mt. Juliet as it where the then 13-year old first laid eyes on Tiger Woods. McIlroy confirmed some weeks ago he will return to contest next year’s premier Irish Open after the disappointed for sponsors and fans alike in skipping this year’s event at Lahinch. The current World No. 2 was just 13-years old when he accompanied his father ...

… Dubai, UAE  Shane Lowry has returned to the UAE eleven months on from where his ‘amazing dream’ was conceived. It was 120lkms north from here at the Jumeirah Estate in Dubai to the Abu Dhabi Golf Club, and where a then 74th world ranked Lowry commenced his season in superb winning style leading from start-to-finish in the UAE capital. In the intervening 11 months or so Lowry brilliantly climbed to one of four pinnacles in his chosen sport in capturing golf’s oldest Major Championship ...

… Dubai, UAE  It’s a ‘formula’ admits Rory McIlroy he’s not about to change despite being ruled out of capturing a third European No. 1 crown this week in Dubai. McIlroy will wind-up a twelfth full season in the pro-ranks at Thursday’s starting DP World Tour Championship and a red-hot favourite to win the Tour season-closing event for third occasion in eight years. The current World No. 2 has already won four times this year, most recent in his last event in Shanghai, and if McIlroy ...

… Dubai, UAE  Tommy Fleetwood has arrived in Dubai for this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship looking to make it two Race to Dubai victories in three seasons. Fleetwood leapfrogged eight places to No. 2 on the Race to Dubai following his emotional victory last Sunday at the Nedbank Challenge. The new World No. 10 produced a stunning Sun City final round that included three eagles in ending a 22-month winless drought in South Africa. This year marks the 11st staging of the ...